Pushing Construction's buttons

CAD+T's managing director Martina Schwarz says that competition for projects is only going to get tougher.
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The 3D environment, by allowing teams to visualise a project, can reduce the total number of RFIs from 1000 down to 20.” He adds that by including interactive features to facilitate contractor communication with the consultant, the software can also effectively reduce the time between requesting information and getting a response.

But as with all new products, in the end, a surge in construction software will depend on whether projects can be delivered on time and to budget in the future without the help of advanced technologies.

Investors will certainly have an influence, should they have to wait significantly longer than expected for their developments.

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Market conditions may also play a part. Either way, as software companies continue to promise such significant cost and time savings on projects, no contractor can deny that the software is, if nothing else, a little intriguing…

Helping Project Collaboration:

Construction software massively improves project collaboration, crucial to project success, by:

• Increasing the efficiency of communication between manufacturers/suppliers and contractors by allowing some automated interaction.
• Bringing together internal departments or project teams, that would otherwise fail to work as team due to different “languages” and priorities, by catering for a series of different but integrated systems.
• Balancing the level of power any one party has over a project by allowing broader access to project documents.
• Reducing the opportunities for disputes between parties by encouraging more efficient project preparations and progress monitoring.